Chris Johnston
Omono
Here's the first bonsai I ever bought, a ficus microcarpa (Golden Gate.) This was January of 2005, after I had had it for ten years.
Not much change for ten years, except for a planing angle change. For the whole thread, you can visit either of these two links:
http://bonsaistudygroup.com/tropical-bonsai-discussion/ficus-microcarpa-progression/
http://sashi-no-eda.blogspot.com/search/label/ficus
This post originally showed my work to develop the tree into something usable.
Here it is in 2007 still in its ten inch oval pot:
I wrapped the trunk in sphagnum and aluminum foil for about a year, and this is what I ended up with:
Notice that the pot is cracked. I ended up repotting into a twelve inch pot:
This was where I left this thread, so between this new first post and my next one, please refer to these pictures.
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![ficus%20back.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Flh5.ggpht.com%2F_RYkUyGaiubg%2FSt-H9qRLnGI%2FAAAAAAAADQc%2Fm1FThlldMIM%2Fs400%2Fficus%2520back.jpg&hash=bad5418829f499f63b65f3ac81532529)
![ficus%20front.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Flh3.ggpht.com%2F_RYkUyGaiubg%2FSt-H92jklfI%2FAAAAAAAADQk%2FIBZf85uJwOI%2Fs400%2Fficus%2520front.jpg&hash=85f187a2bf618d623ce22f71b74ef0f8)
Not much change for ten years, except for a planing angle change. For the whole thread, you can visit either of these two links:
http://bonsaistudygroup.com/tropical-bonsai-discussion/ficus-microcarpa-progression/
http://sashi-no-eda.blogspot.com/search/label/ficus
This post originally showed my work to develop the tree into something usable.
Here it is in 2007 still in its ten inch oval pot:
I wrapped the trunk in sphagnum and aluminum foil for about a year, and this is what I ended up with:
Notice that the pot is cracked. I ended up repotting into a twelve inch pot:
This was where I left this thread, so between this new first post and my next one, please refer to these pictures.
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